News and views - Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education In 'News' BCRRE BlogNews and views Back to 'Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education' Heritage railway joins forces to build a locomotive for the future DescriptionThe Severn Valley Railway has teamed up with the University of Birmingham and local start-up company, Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions, to work on a ground-breaking scheme.Date:23/04/2021 Siemens Mobility and University of Birmingham announce research and innovation partnership DescriptionSiemens Mobility and the University of Birmingham have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a centre of excellence for rail research and innovation in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire.Date:01/04/2021 South East Europe and UK Virtual Rail Summit announced for May 2021 DescriptionThe Rail Cluster for South East Europe (RCSEE) and the Rail Alliance today (Thursday 25 February 2021) announce that they will be hosting a South East Europe / United Kingdom Virtual Rail Summit on Tuesday 18 May 2021.Date:25/02/2021 Consultation receives overwhelming support for plans to secure the future of NCATI DescriptionA public consultation published today reveals overwhelming support for plans that will secure the future of the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure.Date:24/02/2021 World Congress on Railway Research 2022: Call for Papers DescriptionThe WCRR Organising Committee is now inviting the submission of abstracts for presentations at the 2022 Congress in line with the theme: Reshaping our railways post-pandemic: Research with an impact.Date:17/02/2021 RSSB and University of Birmingham to host World Congress on Railway Research on behalf of UK Rail in 2022. DescriptionThe 13th World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR) is coming to the United Kingdom, proudly hosted by RSSB and the University of Birmingham.Date:09/02/2021 Researchers confirm overcrowding alerts can help maintain social distancing on UK public transport DescriptionA service that predicts passenger intent to travel can be used across the UK rail network to reduce overcrowding and help people maintain social distancing.Date:09/12/2020 University of Birmingham wins Guardian University Award for 'Business Collaboration of the Year' for transformative decarbonised rail project DescriptionA project to develop the UK's first hydrogen-powered train (HydroFLEX) has been named 'Business Partnership of the Year' in the 2020 Guardian University Awards.Date:25/11/2020 How can we develop the next generation of rail vehicles to deliver on decarbonisation? DescriptionResearchers are working to integrate hydrogen and battery power to the country's rolling stock to meet the government's ambitious decarbonisation targets.Date:23/11/2020 Speaker line up confirmed for HSREI conference DescriptionLeading industry experts will be keynote speakers and expert at the major event hosted by the Education department at the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE).Date:19/11/2020 Displaying 1 to 10 of 114 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next